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March 28, 2008
Michael Waltrip: We Took the Part By Mistake
Unfortunately it turns out the rumors were correct and the Toyota team that was in possession of one of Roush-Fenway Racing's proprietary parts was Michael Waltrip Racing. Michael said that someone from his team picked the part up by mistake. He said,
“It was a mistake. Look at the back of these toolboxes. There are sway bars, there’s jack handles, and it wound up in our possession. We called them and said, ‘We want to give this back.’ ”
I can definitely buy that a mistake was made and a part was picked up by accident, but what's the explanation for the part being sandblasted and inquires made as to how to get the part duplicated with the vendor? Also, according to Jack Roush the only way he got the part back was because someone from his organization contacted someone at MWR. Which is it? Did MWR call to give the part back or did that only happen because Roush discovered they had it?
This is so disappointing to me that MWR is involved with this. I adore Michael and I want things to work out well for him for a change. This is most definitely bad news for his organization and for his reputation which took such a beating last year. I can only hope that those that were involved with this at MWR are no longer part of the organization if there really was a theft and that there are policies in place to be sure that it doesn't happen again.
Posted by silverdsl at March 28, 2008 04:57 PM